Cape honey-thorn

Lycium oxycarpum is a shrub in the nightshade family (Solanaceae) indigenous to the Karoo regions of South Africa.

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Is it poisonous?

We have no record of Cape honey-thorn being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Lycium bosciifolium
• Lycium gilliesianum
• Lycium schweinfurthii
• Lycium shawii
• Lycium europaeum
• Lycium ferocissimum

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Magnoliopsida

Order

Solanales

Family

Solanaceae

Genus

Lycium

Species

Lycium oxycarpum

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